Kansai Paint Co., Ltd. (TSE:4613) announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase up to 20,000,000 shares, representing 8.78% of its issued share capital (excluding treasury stock), for ¥40,000 million. The purpose of the program is improving capital efficiency such as ROE and net income per share (EPS) and increasing shareholder returns.

Repurchased shares will be cancelled. The program will run until February 21, 2025. As of January 31, 2024, the company had 227,887,041 shares in issue (excluding treasury stock) and 10,736,229 shares in treasury.